Ravens Couloir
IncidentTimothy James Ramsay Dickenson · Jan 27, 2021 · Glacier
Quick report
- Weather
- windy, cloudy
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, steepSlopes
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected, powder
Third skier thru the eastern most couloir trigged a 1.5 1/3 down the slope., skier was washed down to the fan then hit again. Ski bindings did there job and released ( found them on top of the debris and further down the slope) Avalanche wasn’t noticed from the top. Skier and radio had died and decided to head down, noticed the crown at 1/3 down and another step down roughly 12 cm 2/3 down. No injuries or burials, temp was roughly -10 and poor visibility and wind out of the se Top bowl is still loaded leading into the couloirs the one beside ours appeared to have slid prior
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- NE
- Foot Penetration
- 45
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 60
- Slab Width
- 3
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Avalanche Size
- 1.5
- Slab Thickness
- 45
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Avalanche Observation
- 12to24hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2021-01-27T13:30:00
Third skier thru the eastern most couloir trigged a 1.5 1/3 down the slope., skier was washed down to the fan then hit again. Ski bindings did there job and released ( found them on top of the debris and further down the slope) Avalanche wasn’t noticed from the top. Skier and radio had died and decided to head down, noticed the crown at 1/3 down and another step down roughly 12 cm 2/3 down. No injuries or burials, temp was roughly -10 and poor visibility and wind out of the se Top bowl is still loaded leading into the couloirs the one beside ours appeared to have slid prior
Incident
- Group Size
- 2
- Terrain Trap
- gullyDepression
- Group Activity
- skiing
- Number Involved
- 2
- Number Caught Only
- 1
- Number Fully Buried
- 0
- Snow Depth Trigger Point
- average
- Terrain Shape Trigger Point
- planar
- Number Partly Buried Able Breathing
- 1
Third skier thru the eastern most couloir trigged a 1.5 1/3 down the slope., skier was washed down to the fan then hit again. Ski bindings did there job and released ( found them on top of the debris and further down the slope) Avalanche wasn’t noticed from the top. Skier and radio had died and decided to head down, noticed the crown at 1/3 down and another step down roughly 12 cm 2/3 down. No injuries or burials, temp was roughly -10 and poor visibility and wind out of the se Top bowl is still loaded leading into the couloirs the one beside ours appeared to have slid prior